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Contact photographer Michael Nikel
What: Qantas Airbus A380-800 en route from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles CA
Where: Sydney
When: Nov 6th 2009
Who: 329 passengers
Why: The flight taxied out for departure but returned to the gate twice, and after eventually departing, two hours later the fuel pump failed. The plane returned to Sydney. Even the return to Sydney was delayed for another hour by bad weather.
Mesa Airlines flight YV-6176 made an emergency landing in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 26th.
The plane was flying from Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, when the crew declared an emergency due to a rapid loss of fuel and a fire warning.
The plane landed safely. All 65 people aboard remained unharmed.
Royal Jordanian Airlines flight RJ-611 had to divert for an emergency landing in Doha, Qatar, on May 18th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Amman, Jordan, was diverted after the crew found an unidentified object on-board.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Upon checking, the security forces did not find any hazardous material.
A Qatar Airways flight had to make an emergency landing in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada, on March 22.
The Boeing 777, heading from Miami to Doha, had to be diverted after a passenger went into labor midair. According to Gander International Airport safety manager Brian Hicks, “Thirty minutes before the plane was preparing to land, she gave birth to a baby boy… There were two doctors on board, they assisted with the birth.”
The plane landed uneventfully. The mother and baby were shifted to hospital.
The flight resumed shortly afterwards.
Delta Airlines flight DL-131 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on March 17th.
The Boeing 767-400 plane heading from Munich, Germany, to Atlanta, Georgia, was diverted after the crew reported engine vibrations.
The plane landed safely. There were 257 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Pictured: Dramatic photo of a Cimber Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-100LR filmed over Hamburg.
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Contact photographer Sönke Hofmann
What: Scandinavian Airlines/Cimber Air Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Hamburg to Copenhagen
Where: Hamburg
When: Jan 22nd 2010
Why: After takeoff, the pilot retracted the gear routinely but failed to receive the safe gear confirmation. The pilot returned to Hamburg and made a safe landing.
The flight was cancelled.
A United Airlines flight had to divert and make an emergency landing at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, on December 17.
The flight, en-route from Los Angeles, California to Newark, New Jersey, was diverted after the pilot reported possible smoke on board.
The plane landed safely and no one aboard was hurt.
An Airline spokesperson confirmed that the passengers were accommodated in other flights to Newark.
The cause of smoke is being investigated.
